KTSC releases documents to 10News

Over the past two weeks, 10News has asked the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation (KTSC) for documents as we have been looking at how that organization spends its money. A KTSC representative delivered that information to our newsroom Monday night just before 10News at 6pm. Now, we are making some of those documents available here.

10News first reported earlier this month that KTSC spent 60 percent of its budget on employee salaries in 2010. The biggest piece of that went to a $405,583 paycheck for CEO Gloria Ray. That amount includes base pay and a $171,000 bonus.

10News accessed the documents from KTSC through the Tennessee Public Records Act. A State Supreme Court ruling says any organization that gets a majority of its funding from government agencies must make most of their documents available to the public for inspection and copy.

KTSC is no exception to that law since 85 percent of their budget comes from tax money from the City of Knoxville and Knox County.